Jim Carrey

We all know him, we all love him. Jim Carrey is one of the funnier actors around these days. Whether he's playing Carl Allen in Yes Man or Bruce Nolan in Bruce Almighty, he always knows how to make his fans laugh. But sometimes funny can cross the line. Carrey definitely crossed the line in 2010 when he posted several tweets that defended Tiger Woods and criticized his then wife, Elin Nordegren. These tweets came several days after he announced his split from model Jenny McCarthy. Carrey made it seem like he condones infidelity. What were you thinking Carrey?

Carrey wrote, “Tiger Woods owes nothing 2 anyone but himself. 2 please his father he gave up his childhood and his freedom in the world. That’s enough!” Then the actor continued, “No wife is blind enough to miss that much infidelity. Elin had 2 b a willing participant on the ride 4 whatever reason” and “No woman just stays at home with the kids anymore. Tiger was wrong and Elin was ignoring the obvious.” He also commented on how he felt society has been treating Woods unfair the past few months when he tweeted, “Whenever we form a consensus about some1 we envy, who’s stumbling, our collective ego LOVES to flex its unified muscle! S’ugly!” Carrey, you cant just go around saying that kind of stuff. Infidelity is a sensitive topic and if you talk about it like he did, theres gonna be controversy. 


I'm sure Jim Carrey knows a lot of people and has connections. These kind of statements is what lowers his social capital, as Putnam calls it. According to Putnam, social capital refers to "the collective value of all 'social networks' and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other." Social capital is basically what others can do for you, and I'm sure people would be less willing to do something for Carrey after those out of line tweets. Carrey, you're a great actor and hilarious, just next time dont #crosstheline